Babar Azam & Co. To Go Through Another Fitness Camp To Be The Part Of T20 World Cup Squad
New Delhi: Pakistan Cricket Board have not yet announced the squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup which will be played in USA and West Indies and is scheduled to start from June 02 Pakistan will play their opener clash against USA on June 06.
The Pakistan Cricket team recently attended a fitness camp with the army to regain fitness before the marquee event. Now there are reports that the Pakistan cricket team will once again go through another three-day fitness training camp ahead of the series against Ireland.
Pakistan Cricket team led by Babar Azam will assemble at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on May 04.
PCB have delayed the announcement of their squad for the World Cup because of fitness concerns the board will likely to announce their squad after the 1st T20I against England on May 22.
Pakistan cricket team led by Babar Azam recently featured in the T20I series against New Zealand which PCB hosted. Babar Azam & Co. tied the 5-match T20I series by 2-2.
Earlier, former India cricketer Irfran Pathan lavished praise on Pakistan cricket team who will feature in the T20I series against Ireland.
“Fakhar Zaman & Azam Khan will be very dangerous in the middle. Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah and Mohammad Amir are high-quality pacers. Even Imad Wasim bowls well in the powerplay. It’s a solid team,” Pathan said.
Here is the Pakistan squad for Ireland and England series:
Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Saim Ayub, Fakhar Zaman, Irfan Khan Niazi, Iftikhar Ahmad, Usman Khan, Azam Khan (wk), Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abbas Afridi, Abrar Ahmed, Hasan Ali, Salman Ali Agha